Association with humans and seasonality interact to reverse predictions for animal space use

Table 7 Bayesian simple linear regression analyses of banded mongoose (northeastern Botswana, 2008 – 2011) responses in seasonal home ranges and seasonal core ranges to factors putatively associated with association with humans, metabolic scaling theory, and the resource dispersion hypothesis

Response variable	Pred.^a	n^b	β ^c	95% HPDI^d		% Post.^e		DIC^f	Interp.^g
Predictor				LB	UB	< 0	> 0
Seasonal home range size
Dry season
Building density^h	-	9	-23.0	-49.4	3.1	96	4	102.9	HC
Building density (core)^h	-	9	-19.1	-36.4	-1.7	98	2	101.2	HC
Macrofauna densityⁱ	-	9	1.7×10⁻⁵	2.8×10⁻⁶	3.0×10⁻⁵	1	99	294.4	HC
Macrofauna density (core)ⁱ	-	9	2.3×10⁻⁵	8.6×10⁻⁶	3.7×10⁻⁵	1	99	294.4	HC
Patch dispersion	+	9	-11.8	-34.2	10.1	87	13	105.0	U
Group size	+	9	-1.0	-4.7	2.8	72	28	106.2	U
Wet season
Building density^h	-	9	12.8	-34.2	59.6	27	73	88.8	U
Building density (core)^h	-	9	-28.3	-55.7	-0.7	98	2	84.3	HC
Macrofauna densityⁱ	-	9	7.1×10⁻⁶	5.1×10⁻⁶	9.0×10⁻⁶	1	99	1319.6	HC
Macrofauna density (core)ⁱ	-	9	1.04×10⁻⁵	1.002×10⁻⁵	1.1×10⁻⁵	1	99	-75213.5	HC
Patch dispersion	+	9	-10.0	-25.2	5.3	92	8	87	MC
Group size	+	9	0.005	-5.1	5.2	50	50	89.2	U
Seasonal core range size
Dry season
Building density^h	-	9	-7.2	-12.3	-2.2	99	1	78.7	HC
Macrofauna densityⁱ	-	9	7.7×10⁻⁶	2.9×10⁻⁶	1.2×10⁻⁵	1	99	-4316.3	HC
Patch dispersion	+	9	-2.1	-8.9	4.4	76	24	86.1	U
Group size	+	9	-0.2	-1.4	1.0	63	37	86.5	U
Wet season
Building density^h	-	9	-10.6	-14.2	-6.9	99	1	50.6	HC
Macrofauna densityⁱ	-	9	3.1×10⁻⁶	1.6×10⁻⁶	4.7×10⁻⁶	1	99	1208.9	HC
Patch dispersion	+	9	-3.2	-6.4	-0.02	98	2	63.3	HC
Group size	+	9	0.1	-1.3	1.5	45	55	68.1	U

^aPrediction of relationship based on theory
^bNumber of mongoose groups used
^cEffect size
^dHighest posterior density interval (HPDI) with lower bound (LB) and upper bound (UB)
^ePercentage of posterior distribution below or above zero
^fDeviance information criterion
^gRevised interpretation of the result (posterior): moderate certainty (MC), high certainty (HC), uncertainty (U)
^hNumber of buildings in home range or density (buildings ha ⁻¹)
ⁱNumber of macrofauna items theoretically available in home range or density (macrofauna m ⁻²)

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